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EYFS Home Learning
Debbie Damous • March 18, 2020
EYFS Ladybird and Butterfly Class Home Learning Pack
Dear Parent/Carer,
We have put together a pack of home learning resources and ideas for your child while they aren’t in school. All the resources build on skills and knowledge they have been taught in the spring term. These are suggestions and it is ok to do as little or as much as you would like.
Things to do with your pack :
Use the paper or book to -
- Practice writing your first name and surname. Can you do it without looking at your name card?
- Draw and label signs of spring, how many have you seen?
- Use the alphabet mat to practise saying and writing phonemes. Remember to look for the digraphs (two letters making one sound) and trigraphs (three letters making one sound) on the back. Can you write words which have the sounds in them?
- Practice writing the ‘Train Your Brain’ words that are on the bookmark. Remember the look, say the word, cover the word and write the word method of learning the words.
- Draw and label a duck/frog/butterfly lifecycle. What happens as the animals grow and change?
- Draw and label your family. Who is the tallest? Who is the shortest? How many people in your family?
- Draw a Jack and the Beanstalk story map. What happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story?
- Make a poster of the ways we have learnt to stay healthy. Can you remember what we have learnt about healthy eating, sleeping, exercise and hand washing?
- Play phonics bingo. Try to read the words by sounding out the phonemes (letter sounds) you have learnt. Match the picture to the word, look for the digraphs you know.
- Go on shape hunt in your house. What 2D and 3D shapes can you find?
- Practice your handwriting with the patterns, letter and number formation sheets.
- Read the books with a grown up, and talk about the story, characters and pictures. Upload a video of your reading to Tapestry if you can.
- Sign into Mathletics. This is an online Mathematics program that your child can access on a computer, laptop, tablet or Smart phone. We will set activities for your child to practice the maths skills they have been taught in school. A letter with your child’s username and password is included in this pack.
You can upload videos and photos of your learning onto Tapestry for your teacher to see.
In addition to the home learning pack please remember to check in regularly with Tapestry for more home learning activities, challenges and videos.
On the back of this sheet you will find a list of free online resources that are suitable for Reception age children.
The reading challenge is still on! Remember to fill in your reading diary with any book you read/share.
You can email Ms Vickery svickery@ecfschools.org.uk if you have any questions or need any help with the home learning pack.
Thank you,
Sarah Vickery, Carol Willis and the EYFS Team
EYFS ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ Set up a free account to access eBooks, plus maths and phonics games.
- https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/ This site has lots of ideas to support language development and really good apps that can be downloaded to tablets/phones.
- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ Lots of free games to play that match our phonics learning in school. Children should start on Phase 2 games, working their way through Phase 3,4 and 5.
- https://www.ictgames.com/ Lots of Maths and English games to play.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks Watch the Alphablocks shows as they match our phonics learning. We can recommend the free app from Apple Store https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/alphablocks-letter-fun/id1037826540 or Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.bluezoo.meetthealphablocks&hl=en_GB
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks Watch the Numberblocks shows that match our maths learning. We can recommend the free app from the Apple Store https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/meet-the-numberblocks/id1445555400 or Google Play Store
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.bluezoo.numberblocks.meet&hl=en_GB
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio CBeebies Radio is a great place to find stories, music and information shows. Download the free BBC Sounds app to listen to the station on phones or tablets
- Apple Store https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bbc-sounds/id1380676511 Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bbc.sounds&hl=en_GB
- https://www.devonlibraries.org.uk/web/arena/home Set up a free account to borrow audio and eBooks online.
- https://www.gonoodle.com/ Go Noodle has loads of videos to get active with. There are also yoga and mindfulness videos for calmer moments.
- https://www.twinkl.co.uk/ Twinkl is free for a month. Explore the site for free printable resources.
Wynstream Primary School has hosted a Gabrieli Roar workshop this month for three other schools, ahead of their performance at Exeter Cathedral on the 9th of December. Gabrieli is a choir and period instrument orchestra founded and led by Artistic Director Paul McCreesh. They perform and record choral, vocal and instrumental repertoire from the renaissance to the present day and have cultivated an international reputation for excellence, innovation and ambition. They offer first-class performance opportunities to young people through their education programme, Gabrieli Roar. Pupils from Montpelier Primary School, Ide Primary School and Ermington Primary School came along to join Wynstream’s choir of 45 pupils to prepare for the concert. This initiative is supported by the Devon Music Service whose representative at the rehearsal thanked Wynstream Primary School for hosting and said that their cooperation, organisation and choral preparation of the young people was “exemplary.” The children will be performing at ‘A Grand Georgian Christmas’, the show will be a festive exploration of English music for parish churches during the Georgian period. It has been designed to offer the perfect platform to encourage young singers to connect with choral and classical music. Tickets can be purchased here. Elise Redman, Headteacher at Wynstream Primary School said: "We are so proud of our choir and the dedication they are showing. We know that musical education is really important for children and supports their development in many ways. Rehearsing, working together and performing in front of an audience are all things that help build their confidence and that will help them flourish in every area of life." Matthew Shanks, CEO of Education South West said: “I am so pleased to hear that Wynstream Primary School played host to its neighbours for this exciting workshop. At Education South West we strongly believe in both the power of collaboration and the importance of promoting the arts and this initiative achieves both of those things. I wish the choir all the best with their performance next month.”
Steve Race MP visits Wynstream Primary School
Wynstream Primary School is holding a summer fayre on Thursday the 11th of July.
As you are aware there is currently an amber weather warning in place as storm Ciaran moves towards Devon. An amber warning presents a risk to life, but there is also a large amount of uncertainty about this weather front which means it could increase to a red warning overnight. The combination of wind, rain, and the storm moving over warm sea waters increases risk of very high wind speeds, flooding and trees falling. An emergency strategy meeting has taken place today and it was agreed that we need to ensure school leaders fully appreciate that the current weather warning presents a risk to life and could worsen. Based on the information we have, Devon County Council have taken the decision today to ask all staff where possible to work from home. We are asking all schools to consider the high level of risk presented by this storm and make a decision today about their operations tomorrow. This potential risk to life means that we have taken the regrettable decision to close schools tomorrow. We do not do this lightly. The school will be shut to all pupils and staff. Information on work provided will be sent out later this afternoon Schools will be open as normal on Friday 3rd November. Thank you for your understanding.
On Wednesday 19th April our children began to think about ‘rights’ and what being a ‘Rights Respecting School’ means. We will be looking for parents, carers, staff, governors, and children to help us on this journey. Please speak to Ms Redman or Miss Humphreys if you are interested in helping. Please look at the following for more information: What is a Rights Respecting School? - UNICEF UK
A message from our Chair of Governors. Hello. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all back to the school after the Easter holidays. As you are aware Wynstream is now part of Education South West Academy Trust. The school has already been working with the Trust for the past year. Together we are continuing to deliver support, exciting opportunities and high quality of teaching and learning across the school and the community. I hope you will all join me in embracing this new journey of Wynstream's future. Your sincerely Michaela Young Chair
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Do you know anybody who would make a great Community (Co-opted) Governor for our school? There is a vacancy on Wynstream's Local Governing Body and we are inviting nominations. Governors are welcomed as valued members of the governor team and play an important role. Life as a governor is interesting and varied. Meetings are at least once every half term. Training and support will be available. Please do let friends and family know, and ask anybody who is interested to pop into school for more information, or call 01392 284990. More information as well as the nomination form can be found by clicking here. Thankyou.
